In the Absence of Light

It happened on a dark and chilly night

Suddenly awoken from my sleep

Dreaming about another life

Breathlessly, I lay on my bed

Still dazed from the disparity of dream and reality

Vertigo hits my head as I begin to sit up

3:34 my clock reads

The dead of night

The hallway is enveloped in night as I walk

Walking sheepishly to the bathroom

Each stumbling step leads me closer and closer

Closer to the light of the bathroom

My reflection is the first to greet me as I walk in

I stare into the mirror

It stares right back

Why am I wasting my time staring into an empty void?

The air feels heavier like I’m on the ocean floor

Why was my bathroom light on?

I turn around quickly as I hear them

Whispers

Laughing

I peer into the dark nothingness outside my light

I see emptiness

But I still hear them

I leave my light and follow the sounds

Each step I take, I don’t remember

Just silent steps in the dark that I don’t know where they lead

The voices are close to me now

I still can’t see

Where are the lights?

I panic and frantically grab the walls

Where is the switch?

The voices get louder as I get more frantic

I can’t stop the wave of emotion of each passing second that I’m surrounded by the darkness

I collapse on the floor

Breathing heavier and heavier

Where is the light?

Where are the voices?

Where am I?

I can no longer see the light that I left

I’m now trapped in the middle of the ocean

An ocean of obscurity

An ocean of ink

I feel helpless as the voices and laughter pass around me

In this darkness, I’m invisible

Unseen

Almost like a ghost